Memorial Mania: Public Feeling in America
In most Western countries, the late 19th century saw a mania for building statues, many of them contentious at the time and many not standing the test of time. Since the late 20th century, we have...
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Politics as Usual: What Lies Behind the Pro-Poor Rhetoric
S. Subramanian finds uncomfortable reading in the power play between the North and the South
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ASEAN nations ranked by total citations
ASEAN nations ranked by total citationsData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database, January 2000-June 2010 Country Papers CitationsImpactHighly cited papers%...
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Paint it green
The UK's longest graffiti mural has been painted on to the building-site hoardings surrounding a new environmentally sustainable student-accommodation development. Street artist Mohammed Ali spent...
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University of Hertfordshire - Bear trajectories
An engineer has demonstrated how teddy bears can travel at supersonic speeds. Ray Wilkinson, principal lecturer in engineering at the University of Hertfordshire, showcased his work in rocketry as...
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Nottingham/Manchester - Victory float
Two academics are hoping to break the world distance and duration records for female balloonists. Janet Folkes, a mechanical engineer from the University of Nottingham, and her co-pilot Ann Webb, an...
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Kingston University - You're not so vain after all
Authors who pay to see their work in print can hold their heads up high: self-publishing has shed its shady past and is now a respectable business, an academic has claimed. Alison Baverstock, an...
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University of Sheffield - Shanghai link means business
Chinese students will be able to study for a British business degree in Shanghai after the Chinese government granted permission. The University of Sheffield has signed an agreement allowing it to...
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Cardiff/Swansea - Nibbling away at tooth decay
Dentists in Wales are investigating the effectiveness of two methods of preventing child tooth decay in a £1 million project that they hope will be of benefit to deprived communities. Despite an...
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Queen's University Belfast - Exporting the peace process
The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has selected a team of academics from Northern Ireland to help improve peace and tolerance education in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Fifteen...
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London School of Economics - Western memorial
An acclaimed historian is to deliver a lecture on the "greatness and limitations of the West" in tribute to a former director of the London School of Economics. Heinrich August Winkler, who until...
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University of Birmingham - Front-row seats for the Big Bang
Physicists could play a key role in a planned space mission to study gravitational waves. A group from the University of Birmingham would play a key role in the mission, which the US National...
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Middlesex University - Networking with the IT crowd
IT professionals from India can turn their qualifications into a UK degree. Middlesex University has signed an agreement with Aptech, allowing those who have completed courses with the Mumbai-based...
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Norwich University College of the Arts - Making a splash, poetically
An exhibition of performances centred on the works of a Benedictine monk that were part of the British "concrete poetry" movement in the 1960s and 1970s has been put on display. The Gallery at...
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University of Chester - New dogs, old tricks
Guide-dog trainers can qualify for a bachelor of science degree via a partnership between a university and a charity. The University of Chester has launched a three-year foundation course for guide-...